New Yorkers have always been real-estate obsessed, and as housing price records are broken on what seems like a weekly basis, the conventional wisdom is that everyone should get in while they still cannit’s not a bubble, it’s New York City. There is logic to the sentiment, of course: While the space is finite, the demand doesn’t appear to be.
There are plenty of more concrete and measurable reasons, too, for such widespread interest in the real estate market, from still-reasonable interest rates to a noticeably development-friendly climate. The Bloomberg Administration has been more proactive about rezoning neighborhoods in all five boroughs than any in recent memory: West Chelsea, the Hudson Yards, Downtown Brooklyn, and the Williamsburg/Greenpoint waterfront will all become significantly denser over the next decade.
The development process has also become more transparent. According to Laura Wolf-Powers, urban planning chair at the Pratt Institute (and a regular contributor to AN), there are also some institutional reasons. New York is seen as development friendly right now,, she said, explaining that beyond the highly publicized rezoning initiative the Department of City Planning has championed along the Williamsburg waterfront and scuffle over the future of the Hudson Yards, quieter changes have taken place that make it easier for newcomers to get into development.
>Under the Bloomberg Administration, the Department of Buildings has basically moved fromm the 19th to the 21st century, so it is much easier to pull permits. There is a new website [www.nyc.gov/html/dob] where all that information is accessible. It used to seem like an insider’s game, in which you had to know somebody, or pay expediters, but that has changed..
All of these forcessboth large and small, based on economics or just gut instinct and crossed fingerssare adding up to what looks like a new environment for development in New York. Here’s a look at some of the new buildings that are reshaping neighborhoods all over the city.
Manhattan
Between 14th Street and 59th Street
Bank of America tower Location: One Bryant Park Developer: Durst Organization/Bank of America Architect(s):Cook + Fox Architects Consultant(s): Severud Associates, Jarros Baum Bolles Size: 54 floors, 2.1 million sq. ft. Completion (est.): 2008 |
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Along with office space, this project includes a reconstructed Georgian-style theater and was approved for Liberty Bond financing. One of the nation’s largest green office buildings, the project includes a graywater recycling system, high ceilings for maximum daylighting, and an advanced HVAC system. It will be the first large-scale office tower to seek LEED Platinum certification.
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31st Street Green Location: 125 West 31st Street Developer: The Durst Organization / Sidney Fetner Associates Architect(s):Fox & Fowle with SLCE Architects Consultant(s):Gotham Construction Corp. Size: 58 floors, 459 units, 583,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): 2005 |
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This green mixed-use tower will loom over its low-lying Hell’s Kitchen neighbors. In addition to hundreds of condominiums, the tower will also include the headquarters for the American Cancer Society and a treatment center and hospice. The building’s slim profile will allow natural daylighting into its core, and it includes bike storage areas and low VOC building materials.
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IAC/InterActivCorp Headquarters Location: 11th Avenue between West 18th and 19th Streets Developer: IAC with The Georgetown Company Architect(s): Frank O. Gehry Associates with Studios Architecture Consultant(s): Unavailable Size: 9 floors, 147,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): Late 2006 |
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Frank Gehry makes his contribution to the ranks of glass-facade buildings that are beginning to line the West Side Highway. The block-filling headquarters (financed in part by Liberty Bonds) for Barry Diller’s InterActiveCorp media company will be clad in a skin of fritted white glass.
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Clinton Green Location: 10th Avenue at 51st and 53rd streets Developer: The Dermot Company Architect(s): Fox & Fowle Consultant(s): DeSimone Consulting Engineers, Langan Engineering, Edwards & Zuck, Site Architects Size: 24 floors, 300 units, 400,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): 2006 Budget: $170 million |
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This mixed-use development in Clinton (nne Hell’s Kitchen) includes spaces for two theater companies, retail, and loft-style and conventional apartments. The architects and developers will seek LEED certification for the project, which includes bike storage, Zipcar parking, low-energy glazing, and locally produced and low VOC materials.
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325 Fifth Avenue Location: 325 Fifth Avenue Developer: Continental Residential Holdings Architect(s): The Stephen B. Jacobs Group Consultant(s): WSP Cantor Seinuk Structural Engineers, I.M. Robbins Consulting Engineers, Thomas Balsley Associates, Levine Builders, Andi Pepper Interior Design Size: 42 floors, 250 units, 390,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): 2006 Budget: $200 million |
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This tower, right across the street from the Empire State Building, features floor-to-ceiling glass walls and balconies, which is somewhat unusual for a glass curtain wall building. A landscaped plaza designed by Thomas Balsley is open to the public.
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4 West 21st Street Location: 4 West 21st Street Developer: Brodsky Organization Architect(s): H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture with SLCE Architects Consultant(s): Bovis Lend Lease, Rosenwasser Grossman, T/S Associates Size: 17 floors, 56 units, 93,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): Spring 2006 Budget: $60 million |
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This new loft building in the Ladies’ Mile Historic District is a harbinger of the area’s many planned residential conversions. The structure gives a nod to its contexttincluding its next-door neighbor on 5th Avenue, which housed the offices of McKim, Mead & White from 1895 to 19155with its masonry facade, cornice lines, and window proportions.
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Bryant Park Tower Location: 100 West 39th Street Developer: G. Holdings Group and MG Hotel Architect(s): Nobutaka Ashihara Associates Architects Consultant(s): Kondylis Design Size: 45 floors, 93 units, 53,860 sq. ft. (plus 2,052 sq. ft. roof deck) Completion (est.): Late 2005 |
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The top ten floors of this new tower a block from Bryant Park are devoted to rental apartments, while the remaining ones will become a 357-suite Marriott Residence Inn, which is oriented towards extended visits.
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High Line 519 Location: 519 West 23rd Street Developer: Sleepy Hudson Architect(s): ROY Co. Consultant(s): ABR Construction Size: 11 floors, 11 units, 18,600 sq. ft. Completion (est.): Spring 2006 |
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The first ground-up project for the new development company Sleepy Hudson, this floor-through condo project on a 25-foot-wide lot is nearly adjacent to the High Line. The east wall of the building, facing the elevated tracks, is sheathed in wood and punctured by a small number of windows. Curved metal scrims on the south and north facades function as balustrades and balconies, respectively.
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50 Gramercy Park North Location: 50 Gramercy Park North Developer: Ian Schrager Architect(s): John Pawson Consultant(s): Unavailable Size: 15 floors, 23 units Completion (est.): January 2006 |
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A home that’s a refuge, not a second careerr is how Ian Schrager describes this condo building attached to his posh Gramercy Hotel, also under renovation on the site of the old Gramercy Park Hotel. With units going for $5 to $16 million (up to $3,000 per square foot), and only four left at press time, buyers are eating up the building’s featured lifestyle managerss ((ber-concierges) and clean, modern design by John Pawson.
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Manhattan
Above 59th Street
One Carnegie Hill Location: 215 East 96th Street Developer: The Related Companies Architect(s): HLW International Consultant(s): HRH Construction, Cosentini, Ismael Leyva Architects, The Rockwell Group Size: 42 floors, 474 units, 582,000 sq. ft. |
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Continuing the trend of marketing residences by their architect, Related Residential Sales is using the name of The Rockwell Group to attract attention to its newest tower. Related chose to give Rockwell two amenity floorss?the lobby and common spacessto design, while Ismael Leyva Architects designed the bulk of the interiors.
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Cielo Location: 438 East 83rd Street Developer: JD Carlisle Development Corp. Architect(s): Perkins Eastman Architects Consultant(s): M.D. Carlisle, Rosenwasser Grossman, Cosentini Associates Size: 28 floors, 128 units, 247,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): Winter 2006 Budget: $50 million |
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The twist on this Yorkville luxury condo is a focus on art. There is an art concierge service for residents and free memberships to the nearby Whitney Museum of American Art. Developer and art aficionado Jules Demchick of JD Carlisle also commissioned a mural from artist Richard Haas for the wall of a 19th-century building across the street.
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170 East End Avenue Location: 170 East End Avenue Developer: Skyline Developers Architect(s): Peter Marino + Associates, Architects Consultant(s): DeSimone Consulting Engineers, MGJ Associates Size: 19 floors, 110 units, 300,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): Fall 2006 |
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In response to this development’s location on Carl Schurz Park on the East River, its relatively large site, and developer Oren Wilf’s desire to move in to the building with his family, Peter Marino designed the project around the idea of suburban livingg in the city. In translation, that means homes are fairly large and have features like fireplaces and views of grassy yards.
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Riverwalk Place Location: Roosevelt Island Developer: The Related Companies and the Hudson Company Architect(s): Gruzen Samton with SLCE Architects Consultant(s): DeNardis Associates, Ettinger Associates, Monadnock Construction Size: 16 floors, 123,620 sq. ft. Completion (est.): Spring 2006 Budget: $45 million |
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Part of Roosevelt Island’s larger revitalization, Riverwalk Place is the third building in Southtown, a smaller community on the island that will introduce 2,000 new housing units, some of which will be reserved for students at Cornell University’s Weill Medical College.
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Manhattan
Between 14th Street and Canal Street
163 Charles Location: 163 Charles Street Developer: Barry Leistner Architect(s): Daniel Goldner Architects Consultant(s): Regele Builders Size: 8 floors, 3 units, 13,671 sq. ft. Completion (est.): June 2006 |
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An earlier owner had asked Zaha Hadid to design a tower on this Far West Village site, but developer Barry Leistner wanted Daniel Goldner Architects for the job. Goldner’s design for the modestly scaled building has a penthouse triplex and two duplex residences, and uses brick and glass to respond both to the neighborhood and the adjacent Richard Meier towers.
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One Kenmare square Location: 210 Lafayette Street Developer(s): Andrr Balazs and Cape Advisors Architect(s): Gluckman Mayner Architects with H. Thomas O’Hara Consultant(s): DeSimone Consulting Engineers, Gotham Construction, Prudential Douglas Elliman Size: 6 and 11 floors, 53 units, 84,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): Fall 2005 Budget: $26 million |
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Balasz originally planned to build a hotel on the site called the Standard, but due to economic conditions after 9/11,, said Gluckman Mayner project architect James Lim, he decided to change the program to condos. Gluckman Mayner also designed the hotel, but chose to start from scratch when the project went condo.
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Urban glass house Location: 328 Spring Street Developer: Glass House LLC Architect(s): Philip Johnson Alan Ritchie with Selldorf Architects Consultant(s): Unavailable Size: 40 units, 90,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): April 2006 Budget: $30 million |
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After being put on the back burner for more than a decade, Philip Johnson’s design for condos will be built, albeit with a different developer. The original plan was for a radical and multifaceted building,, said project architect Matthew Barrett; it was turned down by local community groups. More recently, Selldorf Architects was asked to redesign the plans for the interiors.
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Cooper Square / Avalon Chrystie Place Location: Houston and Bowery, E. 1st Street and Bowery, 2nd Avenue and Bowery Developer: Avalon Bay Communities Architect(s): Arquitectonica Consultant(s): Unavailable Size: 6, 7, 9, and 14 floors, 708 units, 877,500 sq. ft. Completion (est.): April 2006 |
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This mixed-use residential development includes four individual mid-rise buildings spread out among three adjacent city blocks on the Lower East Side. They include ground-floor retail and a community fitness center, and incorporate two existing community gardens. As the first building on Houston nears completion, some neighbors are excited about the arrival of Whole Foods Market, while others worry about the scale.
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255 Hudson Location: 255 Hudson Street Developer: Metropolitan Housing Partners and Apollo Real Estate Architect(s): Handel Architects Consultant(s): Gotham Construction Size: 11 floors, 64 units, 94,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): 2006 |
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At the base of this glass, concrete, and zinc building are three duplex apartments, each with a 60-foot-long private backyard. The backyards arose from zoning restrictions on the project’s extra-deep lot: The developer toyed with the idea of creating a courtyard or public park before settling on private gardens to raise the value of the lower units.
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40 Mercer Location: 40 Mercer Street Developer: Andrr Balazs and Hines Architect(s): Ateliers Jean Nouvel with SLCE Architects Consultant(s): Cosentini Associates, Gilsanz Murray Steficek, Ravarini McGovern Construction Size: 13 floors, 50 units, 156,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): 2006 Budget: $60 million |
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This super-luxurious condo development incorporates all the comforts of Andrr Balazs’ hotelsspersonal shoppers, housekeeping, and continental breakfast deliveryyas well as a bathhouse with a 50-foot lap pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, and private lounge. Nouvel’s first residential project in the United States, the building features red and blue glass curtain walls, massive sliding glass walls, and floor-to-ceiling windows.
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Switch Building Location: 109 Norfolk Street Developer: 109 Norfolk LLC Architect(s): nArchitects Consultant(s): Builders & HVAC, Sharon Engineering, AEC Consulting & Expediting Size: 7 floors, 13,600 sq. ft. Completion (est.): Spring 2006 Budget: $4.25 million |
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According to Mimi Hoang, cofounder of nArchitects, her firm got this job when a group of thee independent developers strolled into 147 Essex, a group studio housing several young firms. The developers saw the firm’s portfolio and were impressed enough to hire them for their first major building.
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Blue at 105 Norfolk Street Location: 105 Norfolk Street Developer: John Carson and Angelo Cosentini Architect(s): Bernard Tschumi Architects with SLCE Architects Consultant(s): Israel Berger & Associates, Thornton Thomasetti, Ettinger Engineers Size: 16 floors, 32 units, 60,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): 2006 Budget: $18 million |
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The irregular form of this building is due in part to a series of site restrictions: The developers purchased the air rights to the building next door so that they could build over it, but zoning regulations do not permit the insertion of a column within the neighboring commercial space, so the architects had to cantilever the upper floors out over the adjacent building. The upper levels taper back because of setback requirements.
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Manhattan
Below Canal Street
One York Sreet Developer: One York Property Architect(s): TEN Arquitectos Consultant(s): Donald Friedman Consulting Engineer, Ambrosino Depinto & Schmieder Consulting Engineers, Bovis, Israel Berger & Associates Size: 12 floors, 41 units, 132,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): 2006 |
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TEN Arquitectos inserted a 12-story condo tower in the center of an existing six-story building on the edge of the Tribeca Historic District at Canal Street and Sixth Avenue. New balconies, roof terraces and windows will embellish the older building, while the top six stories are housed in a transparent volume.
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Tribeca Green Location: 325 North End Avenue Developer: The Related Companies Architect(s): Robert A. M. Stern Architects with Ismael Leyva Architects Consultant(s): DeSimone Consulting Engineers, Matthews Nielsen Landscape Architecture, Steven Winter Associates Size: 24 floors, 264 residential units, 350,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): Late 2005 |
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Tribeca Green in Battery Park City features photovoltaic panels in its crown, a green roof, a graywater recycling system, operable windows, and a high-performance curtain wall. Located adjacent to Tear Drop Park, the blocky building has a massive brick-clad lower-level with glass and steel corners.
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200 Chambers Location: 200 Chambers Street Developer: Jack Resnick & Sons Architect(s): Costas Kondylis Partners Consultant(s): Cantor Seinuk Group, Cosentini Associates, Plaza Construction, Israel Berger & Associates, Thomas Balsey Size: 30 floors, 258 units, 470,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): 2006 |
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Along with office space, this project includes a reconstructed Georgian-style theater and was approved for Liberty Bond financing. One of the nation’s largest green office buildings, the project includes a graywater recycling system, high ceilings for maximum daylighting, and an advanced HVAC system. It will be the first large-scale office tower to seek LEED Platinum certification.
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200 Chambers Location: 200 Chambers Street Developer: Jack Resnick & Sons Architect(s): Costas Kondylis Partners Consultant(s): Cantor Seinuk Group, Cosentini Associates, Plaza Construction, Israel Berger & Associates, Thomas Balsey Size: 30 floors, 258 units, 470,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): 2006 |
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Foster and Partners was the original architecture firm behind this project but parted ways with developer Jack Resnick & Sons after the design encountered opposition from the community, which disliked its scale. New York is quite different from Europe,, says to Joy Habian, director of communications at Costas Kondylis Partners, which now has the job. The company has designed more than 46 highrises in New York alone.
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Vestry Building Location: 31133 Vestry Street Developer: Vestry Acquisitions Architect(s): Archi-tectonics Consultant(s): Unavailable Size: 9 floors, 30,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): Unavailable |
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Despite initial problems with city approval because of its location in a landmarked district, the Vestry building is slated to begin construction within a year. Although it is of a consistent scale with its surroundings, Winka Dubbeldam has designed a cool, glazed-front building that stands in relief from its chaotic neighborhood.
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River Lofts Location: 425 Washington Street, 92 Laight Street Developer: Boymelgreen Developers Architect(s): Tsao & McKown with Ismael Leyva Architects Consultant(s): Alisa Construction Company, N. Wexler & Assoc., Lehr Associates Size: 13 floors, 65 units, 200,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): Fall 2005 |
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Tsao & McKown scored River Lofts, the firm’s first project with Boymelgreen Developers, through Louise Sunshine of the Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group. The project, part ground-up construction and part restoration of a loft warehouse on the edge of the Tribeca Historic District, is designed to respect that marriage, as well as the surrounding neighborhood,, according to principal Calvin Tsao.
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Historic Front Street Location: Front Street at Peck Slip Developer: Yarrow LLC Architect(s): Cook + Fox Architects Consultant(s): Robert Filman Associates, Lazlo Bodak, Saratoga Associates, Steven Winter Associates Size: 96 units Completion (est.): 2005 |
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Located just north of the South Street Seaport at Front Street and Peck Slip, this retail and residential development comprises both sides of the street along a full block, including eleven 18th-century buildings and three new ones. The renovated buildings preserve historic building materials while integrating green technologies such as green roofs, photovoltaic panels, and geothermal heating and cooling.
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Fultonhaus Location: 119 Fulton Street Developer: Daniell Real Estate Properties Architect(s): Hustvedt Cutler Architects Consultant(s): NTD Realty Size: 14 floors, 19 units, 31,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): Summer 2006 Budget: $8 million |
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A 7-story addition doubling the height of a 1908 office building by architect Henry Allen, Fultonhaus is a contemporary steel and glass structure half enclosed by early 20th-century masonry. Because the original structure was so narrow, the greatest design challenge, according to project architect Bruce Cutler, was structural and seismic.
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Millenium Tower Residences Location: 30 West Street Developer: Millennium Partners Architect(s): Handel Architects Consultant(s): DeSimone Consulting Engineers, I.M. Robbins, Flack + Kurtz, Matthews Nielson Landscape Architecture Size: 35 floors, 236 units, 410,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): Winter 2006 Budget: $180 million |
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The tallest of the new Battery Park City residential towers is the Millenium Tower Residences. The building will consume 25 percent less energy than a conventional residential tower, and will include solar panels, green roofs, a fresh air intake system, and locally-sourced building materials. The developers did not apply for Liberty Bonds because they opted aginst a 5 percent set-aside for affordable housing.
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The Verdesian Location: 211 North End Avenue Developer: The Albanese Organization Architect(s): Cesar Pelli & Associates with SLCE Architects Consultant(s): DeSimone Consulting Engineers, Flack & Kurtz, Balmori Assoc., Turner Construction Size: 24 floors, 253 units Completion (est.): Fall 2005 Budget: $73 million |
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The Verdesian employs many of the same green technologies used in Cesar Pelli & Associates’ last sustainable residential tower in Battery Park City for the same developer, the Solaire, such as building-integrated photovoltaics, a fresh air intake system, and low VOC building materials. The developer is seeking a LEED gold certification for the Verdesian. This project was financed in part by Liberty Bonds.
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Brooklyn
Downtown
Atlantic Yards Location: Atlantic Avenue between Flatbush and Vanderbilt avenues Developer: Forest City Ratner Company Architect(s): Frank O. Gehry Assoc. Consultant(s): Unavailable Size: In 17 buildings: 6,000 units, 230,000 sq.ft. retail, Completion (est.): Arena, 2008 Budget: $3.5 billion |
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Another sports team, another railyard: Forest City Ratner Company’s (FCRC) proposal to build a deck over the Atlantic Yards and develop the 21-acre site into offices, retail, housing, and a sports arena, is creating some controversy based on its scale and dependence on eminent domain. But by upping the percentage of affordable rental units to 50 percent, FCRC has managed to defuse a great deal of community opposition.
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Williamsburg Savings Bank Location: 1 Hanson Place Developer: The Dermot Company with Canyon-Johnson Urban Funds Architect(s): H. Thomas O’Hara Consultant(s): Unavailable Size: 34 floors, 216 units Completion (est.): Unavailable |
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The Williamsburg Savings Bank building isn’t in Williamsburg; rather, it has anchored downtown Brooklyn’s Atlantic Terminal with a gold-domed clock tower for 78 years. In May, HSBC sold the building to a partnership including basketball star Earvin Magicc Johnson’s development company, Canyon-Johnson Urban Funds, which intends to restore and renovate the old commercial structure into a condo building with 33,000 square feet of ground-floor retail.
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189 Schermerhorn Street Location: 189 Schermerhorn Street Developer: Procida Realty and Second Development Services Architect(s): The Stephen B. Jacobs Group Consultant(s): Rosenwasser Grossman Consulting Engineers, Sideris Consulting Engineers Size: 25 and 6 floors, 214 units Completion (est.): 2007 |
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Architect Stephen Jacobs split this development into a 25-story tower and a 6-story block, and separated them with a courtyard. In the block, there are 15 larger townhouselike apartments, while in the tower, the apartments are somewhat smaller but have a view.
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Schermerhorn House Location: 160 Schermerhorn Street Developer: Hamlin Ventures and Common Ground Community Development Architect: Polshek Partnership Consultant(s): Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Silman Associates, Flack + Kurtz Size: 11 Floors, 189 units; 98,000 sq.ft. Completion (est.): 2007 |
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This affordable housing development is built with a cantilevered superstructure to accommodate subway tunnels that consume 45 per cent of area under the site. The building includes a green roof and recycled and low VOC building material, and also includes retail, community and performance spaces, and support services for tenants.
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Brooklyn
Williamsburg
184 Kent Avenue Location: 184 Kent Avenue Developer: 184 Kent Avenue Associates Architect(s): Karl Fischer Architect Consultant(s): Lilker Associates, Severud Associates Size: 10 floors, 240 units, 520,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): 2008 Budget: $80 million |
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For the renovation of this 1913 Cass Gilberttdesigned Austin-Nichols warehouse along the East River, architect Karl Fischer plans to add four new floors to the roof pulled back from the parapet. He also plans to insert an 80-by-20-foot open-air courtyard in the center of the existing 500,000-square-foot building.
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Schaefer Landing Location: 440 Kent Avenue Developer: Kent Waterfront Associates LLC Architect(s): Karl Fischer Architect with Gene Kaufman Consultant(s): Unavailable Size: 25 and 15 floors, 350 units, 530,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): Late 2005 Budget: $90 million |
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As the first tall residential building along the Williamsburg waterfront, this development provides a glimpse of what is likely to come under the new higher density zoning regulations. The phased two-tower project also includes public park space along the East River.
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Brooklyn
Dumbo
70 Washington Street Location: 70 Washington Street Developer: Two Trees Management Co. Architect: Beyer Blinder Belle Consultant(s): Unavailable Size: 13 floors, 259 units, 360,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): December 2005 Budget: $50 million |
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The rehabilitation of this 1910 manufacturing building is DUMBO’s most recent conversion of a factory-turned-artist’s studio into condominiums. The building’s relatively narrow floor plates made it more suitable for residential use than many of its bulkier neighbors, several of which will remain as studio space.
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Beacon Tower Location: 85 Adams Street Developer: Leviev Boymelgreen Architect(s): Cetra/Ruddy Consultant(s): Linden Alschuler & Kaplan, Benjamin Huntington Size: 23 floors, 79 units, 116,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): September 2006 Budget: $45 million |
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At 314 feet tall, Beacon Tower will be the tallest building in DUMBO. The architecture firm Cetra/Ruddy collaborated with feng shui consultant Benjamin Huntington to design what is being marketed as a positive living environment.. Located directly adjacent to the Manhattan Bridge, the building was designed with dual-glazed laminated glass and sound absorbing acoustic liners to keep the noise out.
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The Nexus Location: 84 Front Street Developer: A.I. and Boymelgreen Architect(s): Meltzer/Mandl Architects Consultant(s): Unavailable Size: 12 floors, 56 units, 86,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): January 2006 |
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This 12-story new condo building is similar in scale to its early 20th-century neighbors, but doesnnt employ their industrial vocabulary. According to principal Marvin Meltzer, the client had already purchased the yellow brick, and so his firm decided to incorporate more contemporary metal panels in green, blue, and metallic silver on the facade.
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Queens
The Windsor at forest Hills Location: 108824 71st Road Developer: Cord Meyer Development Co. Architect(s): Ismael Leyva Architects Consultant(s): Rosenwasser Grossman Consulting Engineers, Burrwood Engineering, Bovis Construction Size: 21 floors, 95 units, 166,242 sq. ft. Completion (est.): Late 2005 |
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The site of the Windsor is along a stretch of Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills where there are currently no comparably scaled projects. Mid-rises across the street balance the proposed building somewhat, but project architect Luen Chee of Cord Meyer foresees the neighborhood being developed at a much larger scale in the near future.
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Flushing Town Center Location: College Point Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue Developer: Muss Development Architect(s): Perkins Eastman Architects Consultant(s): Bovis Lend Lease, Langan Engineering, Urbitran/Rosenbloom Architects Size: 1,000 units, 750,000 sq. ft. retail, 3.2 million sq. ft. total Completion (est.): Spring 2007 Budget: $600 million |
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On a 14-acre site in downtown Flushing near Shea Stadium, this mixed-use commercial, residential, and manufacturing development on the site of a former Con Edison facility is attracting big-box retailers to its 50,000 to 130,000-square-foot commercial spaces. The Flushing waterfront was rezoned in the late 1990s to accommodate such developments.
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Queens West Six and Seven Location: Centre Boulevard, Long Island City Developer: Rockrose Development Corp. Architect(s): Arquitectonica with SLCE Architects Consultant(s): Unavailable Size: 30 floors each, 965 units, 1,159,000 sq. ft. Completion (est.): 2006 Budget: $200 million |
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This mammoth development on a 22-acre industrial site along the Queens waterfront consists of seven buildings ranging from 7 to 35 stories in height. It will form an urban edge between the traditional mid-rise structures of Queens and the East River waterfront park.
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Researched and written by Alan G. Brake, Deborah Grossberg, Anne Guiney, Gunnar Hand, Jaffer Kolb, and Jenny Wong.
Also in this issue:
Sustainable
NEW Developers
Liberty Bonds
Conversions
Eminent Domain